By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Eagle Pass Independent School District Superintendent Samuel Mijares announced on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, that two students and one teacher within the same classroom tested positive for COVID-19 at Liberty Elementary School in Eagle Pass, Texas. Mijares reported that the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 A total of 33 new COVID-19 deaths and 448 new confirmed positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Maverick County, Texas during the month of September 2020, according to statistics announced by the joint City of Eagle Pass and Maverick…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 The Maverick County Democratic Party is hosting a Joe Biden Get Out the Vote Car Parade on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 11 A.M. in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced County Chairperson Juanita V. Martinez. All Joe Biden and Kamala Harris…

(Press Release) In Del Rio, Texas, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 44–year-old Adan Suke, Jr., a member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (KTTT), to 12 years in federal prison in connection with the death of a fellow tribe member in November 2006,…

Por: Selene M Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. © 2020 A partir del 12 de octubre, alumnos de las diferentes escuelas del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Eagle Pass, regresarán a clases presenciales. El Superintendente Samuel Mijares, anunció que los estudiantes podrán retornar en fases a partir del 12 de…

By Kristin Macleod-Ball, Immigration Impact On October 1, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop enforcing parts of a presidential proclamation that banned many foreign workers from entering the United States. The court found that the president likely did not have the authority to issue the ban. Who…

By Katie Shepherd, Immigration Impact The multibillion-dollar private prison industry that operates immigration detention facilities—forcibly detaining tens of thousands of men, women and children—has come increasingly under fire in past weeks. California Governor Gavin Newson signed a bill allowing detained immigrants to sue private prison companies for failing to meet…

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Oct. 6, 2020 “Texas police officer arrested on suspicion of murder in fatal shooting of Jonathan Price” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…

By Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott, ProPublica The Justice Department May Have Violated Attorney General Barr’s Own Policy Memo ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When the Justice Department recently publicized an ongoing…

Roz Brown, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — As states grapple with financial shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows just how much Texas could benefit by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Study lead Laura Dague, associate professor in the Bush School of…